A Serpent's Tooth

A Walt Longmire Mystery - A Longmire Mystery

Craig Johnson

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Description

The ninth book of the New York Times bestselling series and basis for LONGMIRE, the hit drama series now on Netflix

Craig Johnson's The Highwayman and An Obvious Fact are now available from Viking.

It’s homecoming for the Durant Dogies when Cord Lynear, a Mormon “lost boy” forced off his compound for rebellious behavior, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance, divine or otherwise, Sheriff Walt Longmire, Victoria Moretti, and Henry Standing Bear search for the boy’s mother and find themselves on a high-plains scavenger hunt that ends at the barbed-wire doorstep of an interstate polygamy group. Run by four-hundred-pound Roy Lynear, Cord’s father, the group is frighteningly well armed and very good at keeping secrets.

Walt’s got Cord locked up for his own good, but the Absaroka County jailhouse is getting crowded since the arrival of the boy’s self-appointed bodyguard, a dangerously spry old man who claims to be blessed by Joseph Smith himself. As Walt, Vic, and Henry butt heads with the Lynears, they hear whispers of Big Oil and the CIA and fear they might be dealing with a lot more than they bargained for.

From Publishers Weekly

Mar 18, 2013 – Just in time for the second season of the A&E TV series Longmire comes bestseller Johnson s deeply satisfying ninth Walt Longmire novel (after 2012 s As the Crow Flies). On the personal front, the Wyoming sheriff worries about his deepening relationship with Victoria Vic Moretti, his intelligent undersheriff, because of their age difference and because he s the boss. A more serious worry for Walt is Cord Lynear, who appears to be about 15 and is looking for his mother. A delusional homeless man appoints himself Cord s bodyguard. Cord turns out to be a lost boy, kicked out of a secretive polygamous group led by his stepfather, Roy Lynear, which has been putting down roots in nearby states. Although the zealots use teenage guards so inexperienced they don t even know where the safety is on their guns, nothing is amateurish about the thugs who control the compound. Suspense propels the brisk plot, complemented by a sly sense of humor and a breathtaking look at Wyoming. 12-city author tour.

Customer Reviews

Love The Longmire Series

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moms5262

Always exciting right to the end. Always engaging. Can't wait to start a new adventure with Walt. Keep 'em coming, Mr. Johnson!

The worst Longmire yet.

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Floydmann

Johnson decided to eliminate two interesting characters and give us instead a double dose of the foul-mouthed female love interest and an unending serving of how sexy Longmire finds her four word sentences featuring the word "fu-k". This is a particularly unfortunate trade-off because it's combined with a meandering, far-fetched plot and lack-luster action and way too much dialogue like "Boy howdy!"

Pretty good

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Royalcee

It was a good book however not at the level of the last one. Still worth reading though.